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Every week when the SUPER MARIO BROS. SUPER SHOW premiered, each Friday would have an episode based on Nintendo's other popular series, THE LEGEND OF ZELDA. "Legendary", however, is hardly the term to describe this mercifully short-lived cartoon series, especially if you want to dish any praise whatsoever. Yes, the characters look like their videogame counterparts and the use of the game's soundtrack pieces and sound effects give it some points. But these are all undone by the absolutely bad animation and even worse characterizations. Both Link and Zelda are portrayed as completely unsympathetic leads (the former is a self-centered pervert, while the latter is a stuck-up bitch), and Ganon fares even worse: he's just plain bad with zero nuance. The formulaic storylines further bring down the show. THE LEGEND OF ZELDA deserves a far better animated treatment than this dated travesty, and with Nintendo recently getting announcing that they're getting into animation, it is hopeful that ZELDA will receive a superior reboot.

You know, this show probably wouldn't have been that bad if Link wasn't such a terrible protagonist. I have no idea why they thought a whiny, self-centered pervert would make a good main character. It just makes me want to punch him in the head.

C'mon guys. Don't be too harsh on the Zelda cartoon. At least it was well acted, well written and quite enjoyable. And Zelda's design was quite seductive (tight pants FTW). I also prefer this Zelda rather than the "Oh, help me" damsel-in-distress she typically is, because this version of Zelda can fight her way out of trouble.

Oh, and hearing Len Carlson playing Ganon and almost every single one of his minions (Moblins, Stalfos, etc.) was also a pleasant treat.

Nintendo, you HAVE to turn this around. I don't want to remember Zelda's shot at TV as THIS alone. Standards have increased, animation has improved, and there's just so much more one can do with something like this.

What more do I need to say? It's just BAD. Unless you're a very hardcore Zelda fan or a fan of 80's TV shows, I'd say this show is worth a definite, DEFINITE skip.